https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx en-us 2018-04-09 13:39:26 UTC 2024-10-14 23:41:11 UTC hello@padlet.com stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249795237 Aphids are pear shaped, soft bodied, and usually wingless. They are green or yellow and can reproduce rapidly. They use their mouthparts to pierce the plant and suck out the juices. They attack a wide variety of greenhouse plants. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249795237 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249795736 Caterpillars are the larvae of various moth species. They damage greenhouse crops by eating the plants]]> 2018-04-09 13:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249795736 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249796465 Fungus gnats are long legged, winged, grey and black, and are less than 1/8 of an inch. The larvae of the fungus gnats feed on root hairs and tunnel into plant stems. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249796465 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249797674 Leaf miners are small and stocky flies. The adults deposit eggs inside a leaf and then the eggs hatch. The larvae then feed on the interior part of the leaf, making tunnels as they move along. Chrysanthemums are the subject to leaf miner damage. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249797674 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249798981 Mealybugs are slow moving, oval shaped, white insects. They have a waxy finish and produce small cottony masses. They pierce the plant leaves and suck the plant juices. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249798981 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249799862 Various types of scale insects infest greenhouse plants. They have flat and oval brown bodies. They may or may not be covered by armored shells. They pierce the plant leaves and stems and suck the juices. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249799862 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249801360 Western Flower Thrips are small, dark brown insects with two pairs of fringed wings. They have rasping mouthparts that scrape plant tissue. The damage they cause on a plant appears as whitish discoloration. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249801360 stormy_floyd https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249802275 Whiteflies are small white insects that campout on the underside of the leaf. They pierce the tissue and suck the juices. Their flat, scale like larvae feed on the underside of the leaves. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stormy_floyd/szumccz79qx/wish/249802275